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<h1>Testing ctags<a class="headerlink" href="#testing-ctags" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
<p>It it difficult for us to know syntax of all languages supported in
ctags. Test facility and test cases are quite import for maintaining
ctags in limited resources.</p>
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